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Tarragona (Spain), Sep 3. (EFE) .- (Camera: EFE) The Alcanar City Council has begun on Friday the second phase of the emergency operation that it activated after the torrential rains that on Wednesday caused heavy damage in the three urban centers of the municipality, municipal sources report.FOOTAGE OF CLEANING WORK IN THE AREA AFFECTED BY THE RAINS IN ALCANAR, SPAIN
The 300 million tons of plastic that are produced annually worldwide will take centuries to break down. What's more, they really just shatter into tiny, microscopic bits that will likely never really disappear. But now, Business Insider reports a new study describes a 'super-enzyme' can recycle a common type of plastic in just days. Researchers from Colorado and the UK engineered the enzyme using proteins derived from plastic-eating bacteria. Other researchers are looking into the use of magnetic 'nano-coils' to break down plastics. Just half the width of a human hair, they convert plastic into carbon dioxide and water.
Yokosuka, Dec 10 (EFE).- The Mariana Trench, the deepest point on planet Earth at 11 kilometers (nearly 7 miles) below sea level, is an inhospitable place and almost inaccessible to humanity. But it's not inaccessible to the garbage left by humans.Over three decades, researchers from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) have identified, photographed and recorded some of the waste generated by human activity that has ended in the deepest folds of the Pacific Ocean.In Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Trench at over 10,000 meters deep, these scientists found remnants of plastic bags and a wooden plank.Closer to the surface, but still several kilometers below sea level, they discovered objects such as slippers, a shoe, a sports backpack, several car wheels, a toy fire engine and a mannequin's head, which a marine organism had made its home. (Camera: ANTONIO HERMOSÍN). SOUND BITES: SANAE CHIBA, THE LEAD RESEARCHER OF THE STUDY "HUMAN FOOTPRINT IN THE ABYSS: 30-YEAR RECORDS OF DEEP-SEA PLASTIC DEBRIS" (IN ENGLISH).
Jason Momoa has called out Chris Pratt for posing with a plastic water bottle and promised to send him some of his own canned water.
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22-year-old engineering student Jawwad Patel developed a machine that may contribute to helping people survive through drought and help replenish low water levels. Jawwad's innovative machine, called the "Dewdrop", separates water from air and makes it drinkable.
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